In this post we look at Slow Cool which is on the CD "Rockthrow In the Vacuum of the Continuum".
Lyrics
SLOW COOL Standin' in the corner doin' pushups Gettin' stronger all the time Waitin' for me to put the tools down, baby I'll give you something make you feel good all the time You're makin' more than your brothers, send (or is it set?) the rest away No common sense, I got too much time to play He makes you believe he ain't around Better put your hand in mine, we better neutralize the clown I'm the monkey in the zoo, cool, slow cool, slow cool You got me on the run, I don't know what to do I ain't got time, I ain't got time You're gonna lose me Think you got dreams think again my friend Layin' on my back doin' hard time again Listen to myself thinkin' things all right Knowin' full well slow cool's on the loose tonight Get back, get back, get back, get back They say I hurt people, hurt people all the time The life of the party, I never save a dime If I lay down and take it, I gotta live with what I choose I got everything to win, I got nothin' to lose I'm the monkey in the zoo, slow cool, slow cool, slow cool You got me on the run, I don't know what to do I ain't got time, I ain't got time You're gonna lose me Think you got dreams think again my friend Layin' on my back doin' hard time again Lyin' to myself thinkin' things all right Knowin' full well slow cool's on the loose tonight
Back story from Theresa
Kevin was almost exclusively a guitarist, which doesn't lend itself to jazz all that well. The only song we have that I would consider close to jazz is one of Jamie's, on the last album, called "Slow Cool". Jamie played the whole thing on someone's keyboard, using a layering technique. He recorded it right onto the keyboard but because he is technologically challenged, when we wanted to get it into the recording studio, he brought the whole dang keyboard in rather than transferring it onto a computer or zip drive. This was not a mobile unit, like the keyboard I use - it was a stand-up thing, almost as big as a piano, though lighter. We had a tough time getting it into Ben's house and down into the basement where the studio is. Ben just laughed, said no one had ever brought something like that in. While Ben was transferring the recording from the keyboard into his computer, we were listening to the music. Jamie was talking and sitting next to the keyboard and he started playing something on it, not realizing that he was playing over the recording. Ben had to remove everything Jamie had just added, except we talked Jamie into leaving one loud piano chord. So when you listen to the instrumental part, there's this loud piano chord that comes out of nowhere and is all alone. Every time the song came to that part, we would laugh. I ended up adding some keyboard effects onto that song and Jamie and I did some oooo's at the end and our friend Javier put some hot guitar stuff on it. I don't remember if Kevin added anything to that or not.
